Biting
In the last few weeks she's started biting my toes and hands / arms. This mainly happens when I'm talking on the phone. She's playing as far as I can tell, but she gets rough. There is nothing I've been able to do to get her to stop. Telling her no in a loud voice, clapping my hands, nothing seems to work. It's pretty clear that she is not the least bit afraid of me. Any suggestions for stopping this behavior? Even though she may grow out of the biting , I've got to find a way to get her attention and stop her from doing things that aren't good. We are going in for some puppy obedience lessons in a few weeks I hope that will help.  |
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It sounds like she is trying her boundries. She wants your attention and your not giving it to her while your on the phone. In my experiance, loud noises and movement only excite a sheepie.  Does she have an area for a time out? (crate, gated off area) When she is biting and pushing for your attention like this, put her in a time out for 5 mins. It may take awhile but she will get it. |
I don't know that this applies to the biting issue, but it may help. Izzie was taught the "leave it" command which is very helpful for things we may drop on the floor (food she can't have etc) and when we are are on walks. My sister and I have started using it in other situations because she recognizes and follows that command more than others, such as the "quiet" command.  |
A behavior we were taught at 'school' was to pull away very fast and yell OWWWW!!! You may have to do it a few times but it does work. Also just turning away form the unacceptable behavior and keep turning away if they follow. I also have a air horn that is very effective for negative situations. They don't like it and it really gets their attention.  |
| I forgot I also have turned their lip under and pressed it agains theri tooth (not thet hard) just enough so they know how it feels. |
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try.  |
| The obedience will definitely help, but one thing that saved us when Bingley was young was the "stuff it" method. Bingley was not allowed to play with us - period - unless he had a toy in his mouth. This way he could mouth and bite his toy as much as he wanted while head-butting us - it was awesome! If he dropped his toy we would immediately go away from his level with our back to him. As soon as he picked it up we were back in front of him allowing him to be near us. He learned extremely fast - within a day. |
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